Cigar-perforator



(No Model.)

P. TUEGKB.

GIGAR PERFORATOR. No. 317,247. Patented May, 1885.

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FRIEDRICH TUECKE, OF LEEGHBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-PERFORATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,247, dated May 5, 1885.

Application led December 26, 1884.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH TUEoxE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leechburg, in the county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have :invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gigar-Perforators 5 and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In order that a cigar may be smoked it is necessary that its end be cut off or perforated, so that it may draw. Ordinarily the end of the cigar is cut off, and various devices are in use for cutting off the end. The chief objection to thus cutting off the end is that the wrapper of the cigar which is cut through unwin'ds and so prevents the cigar from drawing well. To obviate this objection, a hole is punctured in the end of the cigar,which affords sufficient passage for the smoke.

This invention consists in an improved device for puncturing such a hole in the end of a cigar, and it is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a central vertical longitudinal section ofthe device, and Fig. 2 is a central verti cal cross-section of the same.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A base, A, supports a box, B, in which slides a block, C, which is held therein. A puncturing-pin, D, is fixed to the block and passes upward through an aperture, a, in the cover E, which is fastened to the top of the box. The block C is raised by means of a lever, F, which passes through a slit, b, in the front side of the b ox, and which is pivoted in said slit.

enters a slot or recess, e, in the block, and a 'The inner end of the lever F (No model.)

downward movement of the lever raises the 45 block. A coiled spring, G, around the pin D, and held between the block G and cover E, returns the block after it has been raised to its normally depressed position.

Secured to the cover E is a cup, H, which o is shaped to receive the end of a cigar. At its bottom it is provided with au aperture, f, through which the pin D passes when the block C is raised. The point of the pin normally rests below the bottom of the cup H.

Vhen it is desired to perforate or puncture a cigar, its end is inserted in the cup H, the lever F is then depressed, thus raising the block and driving the pin D into the end of the cigar. The leverFbein g relieved of press- 6o ure, the spring G depresses the block and pin, and the punctured cigar is then removed.

I am aware that it is not new to puncture the end of a cigar by means of a pin carried by a block,which enters a cup-shaped recep 65 tacle in which the end of the cigar is placed, and I make no claim to such a device; but

What I do claim is- 4 The combination of base A, box B, provided with a slit on one side, block C, which 7o slides up and down in said box, and is provided with a slot or recess, a puncturing-pin,

D, fixed to said block, box-cover E, provided with an aperture through which said pin passes, lever F, which passes through the slit in 75 the box and is pivoted therein, and the inner end of which enters the slot or recess in the block, spring G, between the block and cover, and a cup, H, secured to the cover and provided with an aperture in its bottom, through 8o which the pin passes when the block is raised, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRIEDRICH TUECKE.

WTitnesses:

LEMUEL A. KEPPEL, ALExANDEE GORDON. 

